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RomBrain Download Extractor V3.0
Copyright (c) 1994 Bill Worley
For the TriBBS (tm) 5.x Bulletin Board System
& RomBrain Download Door
Operation Mindcrime, TriBBS System #670
(814) 742-9885 <7.6 Gig of files>
300/2400/9600/14400/24000 V.Fclass
24 Hours Day/ 7 Days a week
DISCLAIMER
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In no event will I, Bill Worley, be held liable for any loss or damage to data
and/or equipment by your use. Whether proper or improper, of this software.
This product is provided AS IS. There are NO warranties or guarantees, whether
expressed or implied. By using this program, you automatically CONSENT to the
terms and conditions of this disclaimer.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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TriBBS (tm) is a registered trademark of Mark Goodwin.
RomBrain is a Stanley Sheff product.
All others are of the respective holders.
REGISTRATION
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ROMDOWN is a bulletin generator for TriBBS/Rombrain and is being distributed
under the freeware concept. Donations will be accepted though ... :) If you
like the program please send me your name and bbs number. You can leave me a
message on FidoNet and I'll consider you registered and try to get further
updates to you. If you use it let me know..... I'd like to make a nice logoff
screen with all the bbs's that are using ROMDOWN. What'd you say? Free
advertising....<G> Can't beat that!
DISTRIBUTION
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You may make this file available for download or upload to any bbs provided
you do not alter the contents of the archive.
The following file were included in the archive:
ROMDOWN.EXE <-- ROMDOWN executable
ROMDOWN.DOC <-- the docs (this file!)
FILE_ID.DIZ <-- BBS Description File
ROMDOWN.BAT <-- Sample .BAT File
ROMDOWN.CFG <-- ROMDOWN's Color CFG File
CFG File HAS changed since 2.02
INTRODUCTION
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What ROMDOWN does is extracts the infomation from REPORT.LOG and generates a
bulletin (bullet1.bbs) Paths are fixed right at the moment.
ROMDOWN uses TriBBS 5.0 color codes and thus does need TriBBS 5.0 or higher.
It does do a tally for each file that is downloaded. I figured it would be nice
for my users to know what files were being downloaded from RomBrain. RomBrain
has no internal bulletin generator whatsoever so I wrote this one. The input
file generated by RomBrain and needed by ROMDOWN is REPORT.LOG. ROMDOWN will
generate BULLET1.BBS from REPORT.LOG & CALLERS.LOG.
You can now select the colors for you bulletin.
INSTALLATION
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1. Copy ROMDOWN to the directory containing REPORT.LOG
2. Using a text editor alter the included batch file to reflect
your bbs paths, etc (ROMDOWN.BAT)
3. Edit ROMDOWN.CFG to the colors of your liking. The list of color
codes are in the TriBBS 5.x manual and are pretty simply.
SAMPLE BATCH FILE
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cd\
copy c:\tribbs\mwork\callers.log c:\brainex\rombrain\*.*
cd brainex\rombrain
romdown
copy bullet1.bbs c:\tribbs\display\bullet1.bbs
cd\
cd tribbs
Can be run as an event or in your BETWEEN.BAT file.
NOTE: BULLET1.BBS should correspond to the proper bulletin listing on your bbs
REPORT.LOG must be in the same directory as ROMDOWN.EXE
CALLERS.LOG must also be in the same diectory as ROMDOWN.EXE
ROMDOWN.CFG should be in the same directory as ROMDOWN.EXE
SAMPLE ROMDOWN.CFG FILE
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Just one simple line:
@X01 - Heading Color
@X02 - Heading Color
@X03 - Heading Color
@X04 - ============== lines in the bulletin
@X05 - Files Times Downloaded Line
@X06 - -------------- lines in the bulletin
@X07 - File Names & times downloaded info
@X08 - Total Download Heading
@X09 - Total CD Area Downloads Heading
@X01 - Total Main Board Download Heading (TriBBS)
@X02 - Number of Different Files Heading
n - y or n here....Do you want one time downloads included?
11 Different Places to Change Color!
Just leave the background color to black.... I'm working on a small fix for
backgrounds that aren't black.
These @X codes can be changed to any color you wish. Just check out the TriBBS
manual for the colors codes you prefer.
Pretty self explantory huh?
TRIBBS Registered Sysops
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Any TriBBS Sysop calling my board should have their TRIBBS.KEY handy to
upload through the TriKey door. TriBBS Sysop's get donating member status
on my bbs and are treated as such ... :) I carry all the new files out
for TriBBS systems and you're welcome to download them. I also have a 12 disk
cd library of files that are rotated on you guessed it ... RomBrain. If you
use ROMDOWN regularly I'd like to hear from you.
Versions
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1.02 First General release
2.0 Added Color Configuration to the bulletin.
Corrected the file count....oops I was off by one... :)
2.01 Changes in RomBrain sometime after version 2-04-94 were throwing
ROMDOWN off. Updated to work with newer RomBrain doors.
2.02 Added Main Board Upload & Download tracking. 2.02 is for use with
versions 2-04-94 and before.
2.03 Same as 2.02 but for after the 2-04-94 version of RomBrain.
3.00 Almost totally rewritten. This version includes TriBBS & RomBrain
download tracking... just copy callers.log into the ROMDOWN directory.
Prints the number of times a file has been downloaded. Alphabetized
listing. Improved the CFG file so you put each color code on a new
line. Dropped CD-Name for the moment....it will be rewritten back in
at a later date...Sorry. Most of all FASTER!
3.01 Added the option to not include downloads with just 1 download.
Future Versions (If my wife doesn't disown me...<G>
History File.
CD-Name rewritten into ROMDOWN.
CFG includes paths of bulletins and .log files.
Anymore?
CONTACTING
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Directly:
Operation Mindcrime - (814) 742-9885 Speeds up to 24K
Bill Worley
RD 1 Box 698A
Altoona, Pa 16601
Nets:
FidoNet:
NetMail 1:2622/8
I regularly read TriBBS Support, SHAREWRE, & BBS_CARNIVAL.
SAC_NET:
NetMail 814:101/4
I regularly read all of these echo's and moderate SAC_AUTO &
SAC_RADIO and can be contacted thru either net.
Thank for trying ROMDOWN! Any comment or suggestions are welcome!
-Bill Worley